I’ll be stuck with Windows on my work laptop, that’s not something that I will be able to change anyway. I can point out as things come up, but with industry accepted software (like SolidWorks for example) that we use daily I can’t see us switching to any alternative.

Noted: avoid xorg.conf!

I suppose trial by fire can be a fast method of learning! Thanks for the response!

What made you want to change to KDE? Was it an issue with Mint’s (Cinnamon?) that made you want to change?

Okay I’ll try out a few and keep notes on which ones I prefer until I make that “final” decision.

Yeah that’s what has made me apprehensive to be honest. I feel pretty comfortable in windows doing many things, and my wife has a MacBook that I’m also pretty comfortable using so learning a new, third OS does seem obtuse. I like the idea of having more control over the software, but don’t want to lose the “it just works” feeling of an OS or software I am used to using.

That’s true, most of what I do would be in a browser as a casual user. My work laptop would still be running Windows and doing what I “need” (Excel, SolidWorks, etc.) Although I want to keep the ability to torrent and manage my media files nicely, I’m open to using different softwares than I’m used to for those.

Okay great! What made you make that jump?

Okay thank you! Could you give some examples about tasks that “should be easy” but aren’t? I’ve worked with MacOS casually and I thought it was based on Unix (maybe?), so I was at least aware that the way to maneuver through the desktop/settings/file searches are different from Windows of course. I am certainly not a power user, just getting frustrated with companies overstepping more and more and want to cut myself from their whims, if that makes sense.

Okay that’s good to know! Stick with one to get more comfortable until it doesn’t do something I need, basically?

I’m hoping to keep it on desktop (not allowed to edit my work laptop), so hopefully that won’t be an issue but will keep it in mind for power usage. Thank you!

Thank you! I’ll look into them. Why did you decide to choose Fedora over the others you mentioned?